diff --git a/dlls/win32u/sysparams.c b/dlls/win32u/sysparams.c
index 848b14dbcb3..865f5bbfc69 100644
--- a/dlls/win32u/sysparams.c
+++ b/dlls/win32u/sysparams.c
@@ -546,6 +546,53 @@ static BOOL write_registry_settings( const WCHAR *adapter_path, const DEVMODEW *
     return ret;
 }
 
+static int mode_compare(const void *p1, const void *p2)
+{
+    DWORD a_width, a_height, b_width, b_height;
+    const DEVMODEW *a = p1, *b = p2;
+    int ret;
+
+    /* Depth in descending order */
+    if ((ret = b->dmBitsPerPel - a->dmBitsPerPel)) return ret;
+
+    /* Use the width and height in landscape mode for comparison */
+    if (a->dmDisplayOrientation == DMDO_DEFAULT || a->dmDisplayOrientation == DMDO_180)
+    {
+        a_width = a->dmPelsWidth;
+        a_height = a->dmPelsHeight;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        a_width = a->dmPelsHeight;
+        a_height = a->dmPelsWidth;
+    }
+
+    if (b->dmDisplayOrientation == DMDO_DEFAULT || b->dmDisplayOrientation == DMDO_180)
+    {
+        b_width = b->dmPelsWidth;
+        b_height = b->dmPelsHeight;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        b_width = b->dmPelsHeight;
+        b_height = b->dmPelsWidth;
+    }
+
+    /* Width in ascending order */
+    if ((ret = a_width - b_width)) return ret;
+
+    /* Height in ascending order */
+    if ((ret = a_height - b_height)) return ret;
+
+    /* Frequency in descending order */
+    if ((ret = b->dmDisplayFrequency - a->dmDisplayFrequency)) return ret;
+
+    /* Orientation in ascending order */
+    if ((ret = a->dmDisplayOrientation - b->dmDisplayOrientation)) return ret;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static BOOL read_display_adapter_settings( unsigned int index, struct adapter *info )
 {
     char buffer[4096];
@@ -606,6 +653,8 @@ static BOOL read_display_adapter_settings( unsigned int index, struct adapter *i
             mode = NEXT_DEVMODEW(mode);
         }
         info->mode_count = i;
+
+        qsort(info->modes, info->mode_count, sizeof(*info->modes) + info->modes->dmDriverExtra, mode_compare);
     }
 
     /* DeviceID */
diff --git a/dlls/winex11.drv/display.c b/dlls/winex11.drv/display.c
index c9f2da7e163..508401b77cf 100644
--- a/dlls/winex11.drv/display.c
+++ b/dlls/winex11.drv/display.c
@@ -403,7 +403,6 @@ static DEVMODEW *get_full_mode(ULONG_PTR id, DEVMODEW *dev_mode)
     if (!settings_handler.get_modes(id, EDS_ROTATEDMODE, &modes, &mode_count))
         return NULL;
 
-    qsort(modes, mode_count, sizeof(*modes) + modes[0].dmDriverExtra, mode_compare);
     for (mode_idx = 0; mode_idx < mode_count; ++mode_idx)
     {
         found_mode = (DEVMODEW *)((BYTE *)modes + (sizeof(*modes) + modes[0].dmDriverExtra) * mode_idx);
@@ -1062,8 +1061,6 @@ BOOL X11DRV_UpdateDisplayDevices( const struct gdi_device_manager *device_manage
             if (!settings_handler.get_modes( adapters[adapter].id, EDS_ROTATEDMODE, &modes, &mode_count ))
                 continue;
 
-            qsort( modes, mode_count, sizeof(*modes) + modes[0].dmDriverExtra, mode_compare );
-
             for (mode = modes; mode_count; mode_count--)
             {
                 TRACE( "mode: %p\n", mode );